In Mrs. Wright's class, we will study about China for our International Studies. 
We'll learn about our new country's geography, history, inventions,
daily life, language, celebrations, food, and animals.  To culminate our
 studies, we will have a school-wide International Day
 with 2 school assemblies, food tasting, and international games.

 

  Where is China?

Enchanted Learning

Interactive Maps Educational from Owl & Mouse

China and U.S. Map Overlay

 

 

Places in China

Take a 1st class vacation:  www.airtravelexpress.net

Great Wall:  Dim Sum Photographs of the Great Wall

Great Wall:  Virtual Tour of the Great Wall

Forbidden City:  Virtual Tour of the Forbidden City

Photos: Galen Frysinger Travel Photos

Photos of Scenic Sites:  Top Ten Scenic Sites

Photos:  Travel Photos

Inventions

Chinese Inventions and Remedies

Paper making:  Recipe on History for Kids

Silk:  History of Silk on History for Kids

Inventions:  Enchanted Learning

 

Animals of China

Panda video:  National Geographic for Kids

Panda Cam at the National Zoo

Panda Cam at the SanDiego Zoo

Pictures of Animals of China and Asia

Pandas:  Panda Facts from Mudpuddle

Pandas: Enchanted Learning

Chinese Animal Book:  Enchanted Learning

 

Tangrams

Watch an animated Tangram Story http://www.tygh.co.uk/tan/tan.htm

Tangram Puzzle   http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/area/area.html

Mrs. Jacoby's class Tangram page (Grandfather Tang's Story) http://www.geocities.com/ljacoby_2000/tangrams.html

Play Tangrams online:  Kidscom.com

 

Speaking and Writing

Mandarin Chinese:  Learn to speak Mandarin

Learn Numbers  http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/apr99/number/index.html

How to draw character for monkey  http://www.blss.portsmouth.sch.uk/hsc/monkanim.shtml#draw

Chinese calligraphy: http://library.thinkquest.org/3614/drawing.htm

Chinese Character Decoder

 

Chinese New Year
2007 is the Year of the Pig

Chinese New Year Song:  Gung Hay Fat Choi at Nancy's Music

Taboos and Superstitions of Chinese New Year

Crafts:

Parade Dragon Puppet to Make

DLTK Kids - Coloring pages, recipes

Activity Village:  Activities, crafts, jigsaw puzzles,

Chinese New Year Activity: Make a Zodiac Necklace - Scholastic.com

Games to play on the computer:

Games from Primary Games

ECards to Send

Sagwa Games

 

Daily Life

 

Money:  Chinese Currency

Fortune Cookies:  Interactive Fortune Cookies

Chopsticks: The origins of Chopsticks

 Chopsticks: How to use Chopsticks

Village Life: Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport

 

 

 

Online Stories from China

Starfall Chinese Fables

Chinese Picture Stories

Tales of Wonder - Tales from China

Aaron Shepard's Stories: Indexes

Fifteen Honest Coins

Folktales from China

Books we read in class:

Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
The Empty Pot by Demi
The Elephant's Pillow by Diana Reynolds Roome
The Seven Chinese Sisters by Kathy Tucker
Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett
The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop and Kurt Wiese
Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert
Long-Long's New Year by Catherine Gower
New Year's Clean Up by George Daugherty
Life in Ancient China by Paul C Challen
The Noble Yangtze by Charan Simon
The Story of Paper by Ying Change Compestine
The Story of Chopsticks by Ying Change Compestine
The Story of Noodles by Ying Change Compestine
Visiting China! by Dia Michels

 

Videos we watched:

Sesame Street: Big Bird in China
Sagwa:  The Chinese Siamese Cat
Chinese New Year
Asian Folktales
Ancient Civilizations for Children by Andrew Schlessinger

 

Chinese Art

Classic Chinese Paintings

Sites about China

Enchanted Learning's Zoom School

Teaching Units and Resources

China Unit- Lynnell Bowles

China and Chinese New Year - abcteach.com

China and Chinese New Year - Teacher Planet

Background Information

Background Information and activities

 

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